http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/1980 2001-01-13T05:52:23Z http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/12130 Women’s Participation in Political Leadership: (The Case of Ganta Afeshum Woreda, Tigray Region) Zenebe Amdebrhan Currently, equal status of political leadership participation of women is a prerequisite for democratic governance. However, women continue to be marginalized from the political sphere due to attitudinal social and institutional challenges. The purpose of this study was to identify the women’s participation in political leadership in Ganta Afeshum Woreda. A case study research design was used to conduct the study. A qualitative method was also applied to undertake in depth study using non-probability sampling by which samples officials were taken from the public sectors in the Woreda particularly by purposive sampling technique. Interview and focus group discussion were used to collect data that were qualitatively analyzed by thematic data analyses technique. The results indicated that the women’s political leadership participation in Ganta Afeshum Woreda has a low status as women were underrepresented in the various leadership positions. Although some strategies existed in the sectors, they haven’t been implemented in reality. The underrepresentation of women was attributed to the various challenges traced to the sectors, the women themselves and the community. Regarding the basic finding and conclusions the study recommended that to empowering women’s participation in political leadership the woreda have to providing the education facility ,training ,giving awareness via media and different programs at the local level should be designed a means to overwhelm the problem of gender inequality. Key words; Women, political leadership, Ganta Afeshum, Woreda 2021-06-23T00:00:00Z http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/8911 Ex-TPLF FemaleFighters (ex-TPLF-FF) in Post-Demobilization period: Experiences and Trajectories of Reintegration, an Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) Kubie, Kebede During the TPLF’s revolutionary armed struggle, female fighters constitute one third of the army. Their participation and involvement was so immense that that they assume almost every kind of roles that range from cooking to commanding officers. Since the military and overall socialization with in the armed struggle was dominated by male ethos, female fighters have developed male characters. Thus, the protracted and violent armed struggle has usurped them of their feminine qualities needed by post war society. This should have been civilianized through DDR process to rehabilitate them from the war trauma and reconcile them with the norms and values of the society. However the male laden DDR of TPLF ones again marginalized the female fighters. Therefore, without any effort made to rehabilitate them from the war traumas, reconcile them with the values and norms of the society, civilianize their skills, they demobilized and reintegrated back into the civilian society. Cognizant of these intricacies, this study aimed to explore the social, economic and political reintegration experience and trajectories of the study participants through Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Thus, the study finds that, participants of the research encountered many difficulties since the demobilization period. The major reintegration challenges they encountered are the clash between the military socialization and the patriarchical traditions of the society which results in low social footing manifested in marriage failure, low social capital, limited opportunities of leveraging societal networks etc. Divorce was the dominant marital trajectory in post-demobilization period. Even though employment in government offices appear to be the dominant livelihood trajectory, majority of them hold low paid and unskilled job positions because of their low educational level, which neither secure them economically nor give them an opportunity to influence the decisions makers. The low social and economic position of the study participants has also negatively affected the political reintegration processes. Thus, this study recommends a context and experience oriented gender sensitive DDR and particularly reintegration programs. 2018-07-31T00:00:00Z http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/8879 The Role of Community Policing in the Prevention of Human Trafficking: The Case of Amhara Region Walelign, Bizuneh This Study tried to assess the role of community policing and how community policing helped for the prevention of human trafficking in Amhara region. The study applied qualitative research method, descriptive and explanatory case study research design and used comparative and thematic data analysis method.To realize the study, data were collected from informants through in-depth interview, focus group discussion, and document analysis. The study identified the major roles of community policing i.e. awareness creation, development and organizing role; role of proactively prevent human trafficking; role of collecting data’s and makes analysis related to human trafficking; and role of responding to human trafficking causing factors. In addition,the following were the major strength of community policing:its focus area of proactive crime prevention strategies, policing services availability, partnership, problem solving, solving local problems through local solutions, legal support for vulnerable groups, board of/multiple function, participating and organizing the community, advisory activities, gathering relevant information, arranging discussion forums within the community. Moreover, based on the findings the following were the weakness of community policing: it could not prevent human trafficking; unable to focus on strategic preventive measures, failure to change effectively all its roles in to practice, unable to get the full support of the communities and other stakeholders, absence of organizing the community policing service; weak to address the challenges; inability to conduct rehabilitation functions and money generating activities; unable to bring the necessary change with in the police and within the community. The study showed the following major challenges of community policing: leadership, capacity building and support, partnership and communication,resource, corruption and ethics emanated from institutions and the society. As a result, community policing was not effective in the prevention of human trafficking in Amhara region. 2018-07-17T00:00:00Z http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/8878 The Role of Religious Institutions in Conflict Resolution in Ethiopia: A Study on Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia Mengist, Tarekegn Since conflict is inevitable in human life, human beings need to have diverse conflict deterrence and resolution mechanisms to attain peace. In doing so, enormous institutions have been used. Religious institutions are among the one’s which has been widely used in this regard. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the role of religious institutions in conflict resolution by focusing on Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church (EOTC), with reference to the recent conflicts within the Amhara National Regional State. The study has employed Qualitative research approach. Data was collected with the use of Semi-structured interviews from key informants and Focus Group Discussion. Accordingly, the role of the church in conflict resolution activities, conflict resolution mechanisms employed, challenges the church has faced in this respect had been assessed. The findings of the study reveal that in her long history, the church had holistic contributions. The church had contributions in preventing and cooling down the violent conflict situation. It had been involved in facilitating platforms for discussions and making negotiations and reconciliations among conflicting parties. The combination of preaching, teaching, public pray, reconciliation, facilitation, negotiation and personal conversation were mechanisms employed by the church to the conflict resolution tasks. However, with regard to recent phenomenon in the region, contradictory views were reflected. For some participants, the church didn’t effectively get itself involved in settling conflicts as it was expected from her. In contrast, other participants were argued as the church was properly involved in conflict resolution activities through its religious mechanisms. 2018-07-17T00:00:00Z